Comcast to test its YouTube competitor by the end of the year — Comcast is looking to test a new platform for the distribution of online videos through its new X1 cable set-top boxes by the end of the year, the company's SVP of Video Matt Strauss confirmed during an interview at the sidelines of the TV of Tomorrow Show this week.

Ars tests Internet surveillance—by spying on an NPR reporter — On a bright April morning in Menlo Park, California, I became an Internet spy. — This was easier than it sounds because I had a willing target. I had partnered with National Public Radio (NPR) tech correspondent Steve Henn for an experiment in Internet surveillance.

Pinterest finally arrives on Windows Phone — Slowly, but surely, the app-gap is being filled on Windows Phone, and the latest addition to the platform is one that users have been awaiting for quite some time. Today, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore announced that Pinterest has finally made it to Windows Phone.